At my 1st powerlifting competition, I was just a sophomore in HS and I maxed on the benchpress. The thing is I didn't do ANY shoulder work leading up to that event and I pulled my delt while benching 195 lbs. back then. I've made sure to train delts since then and haven't had that problem again.
"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
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"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
So I finished the DAY 2 routine today, but I have few questions.
How high should the incline be when I do the incline press?
When I did the should press with dumbbells, I was sitting down. When I push up the dumbbell, my back will leave the chair, and my upper back/should area will still be intact to the chair, so I think my back had an arc. I try to adjust it so my whole back stick to the chair but found it hard to push the dumbbell up. Is this normal or I need to adjust it?
How high should the incline be when I do the incline press?
When I did the should press with dumbbells, I was sitting down. When I push up the dumbbell, my back will leave the chair, and my upper back/should area will still be intact to the chair, so I think my back had an arc. I try to adjust it so my whole back stick to the chair but found it hard to push the dumbbell up. Is this normal or I need to adjust it?
After doing squats and calf raise, the place where my body touches the bar and the machine hurts really bad. For squats, I can't put too much weight because the bar puts so much pressure on the place in contact. And for calf raise, my shoulder area will hurt after doing them since it is pressing down while I am doing it.
Is this normal? due to weak lower body? I can see a thin red line around my upper back/shoulder area, my friend said it might be muscle tear? Any suggestion on how to correct these?
Is this normal? due to weak lower body? I can see a thin red line around my upper back/shoulder area, my friend said it might be muscle tear? Any suggestion on how to correct these?
I-tallionStallion
Master Don Juan
Forearm exercises are not needed IMO...the deadlifts will surely take care of that.
for squats, they make a pad that you can put on the bar, feel free to use it.
For the calves, do them on the leg press, I've had much better results on that.
As for the red line, if it gets worse, and doesn't heal. See a doctor.
for squats, they make a pad that you can put on the bar, feel free to use it.
For the calves, do them on the leg press, I've had much better results on that.
As for the red line, if it gets worse, and doesn't heal. See a doctor.
"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."
Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?
You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.
Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
I-tallionStallion
Master Don Juan
they are called calve raises, you just push up with your toes really hard and hold it for ten seconds for 2x10. Do it with heavy weight. Trust me, it works.
When I did calf raises it was using the smith machine and some aerobic steps. Stood on the edge of the step and unracked the bar like in a squat. Held the bottom of the negative for 10 seconds - that was a killer.